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UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge 14 April 2025 PAHO The International Day for People of African Descent is being celebrated for the first time on 31 August 2021. The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. …

UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine 14 April 2025 © UNOCHA A UN humanitarian officer inspects a destroyed building in Ukraine. The United Nations has condemned the Russian attack on the city of Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday which reportedly killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 100 others…

Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture

1 week 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture 14 April 2025 Meeting Summaries The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, María Luisa Romero, this morning presented the Subcommittee’s eighteenth annual report to the Committee against Torture.Ms. Romero said she was presenting the report in an increasingly complex global context, marked by armed…

Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

1 week 3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza 13 April 2025 UN News Ibrahim Aloush inside his truck parked in front of the desalination station in Jabaliya! In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.…

The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future? 12 April 2025 © UNU-EHS/Rodrigo Jardón Gal Xochimilco, is located in Mexico City. Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for centuries. Today, their way of life is under threat from environmental…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 week 4 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 11 April 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva , chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women, the World Food Programme, the…

Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn 11 April 2025 © UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka A woman prepares food in a camp for displaced people in Kassala state in Sudan. Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape…

DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence 11 April 2025 © UNICEF/Roger LeMoyn Children could account for up to 45 per cent of nearly 10,000 reported cases of rape and sexual violence in eastern DR Congo in early 2025. (file photo) Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the…

US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist 11 April 2025 UN News Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC). Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN…

Gaza: UN rights office condemns Israeli buffer zone plan

1 week 5 days ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights office condemns Israeli buffer zone plan 11 April 2025 © UNFPA A young boy walks through the ruins of Gaza. The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment…